[indiana-discuss] Stuck in 640x480

Alan Coopersmith Alan.Coopersmith at Sun.COM
Mon Apr 28 10:49:51 PDT 2008


Simon Phipps wrote:
> I've successfully installed RC2a on my Ultra 20 - record time and no  
> significant problems, great stuff.
> 
> I was able to do this because, despite the fact the installer detected  
> 640x480 as the display mode, it now has scroll bars so I could  
> actually press the buttons :-)
> 
> However, my installed system is resolutely in 640x480 mode and despite  
> correctly detecting the nVidia adaptor I am only offered 640x480 in  
> all the places I can find video settings. What am I missing, please?

Have you tried the NVIDIA X Server Settings (Applications -> System Tools,
not under Preferences for some reason) gui?    Otherwise our driver/config
guys would need to see /var/log/Xorg.0.log to see what it detected and why
it thinks you can't do better.

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	-Alan Coopersmith-           alan.coopersmith at sun.com
	 Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering



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